A new proposed law for New York City Michael Bloomberg would force retailers to move tobacco products out of the sight of minors, in an attempt to reduce the youth smoking rate. Michael Bloomberg announced the new proposal Monday, the latest in a series of public health plans introduced by his office. The measure would be [...]
NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg Wants Cigarette Displays Out of Sight of Minors
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Eating Carbs at Dinnertime Might Actually Help Weight Loss
December 16, 2012 | Posted by
When it comes to eating pasta, bread and potatoes, timing could be everything. Israeli researchers found in a small study that saving most carbohydrates for dinnertime may help keep people from feeling hungry the following day, supporting weight-loss efforts for those who are obese. The study authors were curious after reading research on Muslims during [...]
New Study: Daily Multivitamin Use Might Reduce Odds of Developing Cancer
October 18, 2012 | Posted by
Americans’ love affair with vitamins—more than half of us take one a day—isn’t well supported by science. Trials of single vitamins, like E, C, and beta carotene, have been a bust. Whether multivitamins offer any health benefits has been something of a mystery. Both a state of the science conference sponsored by the National Institutes of Health [...]
Prescription Drug Roulette: Costs Forcing Americans to Play Dangerous Games With Health
September 16, 2012 | Posted by
Americans are scrimping to pay for their prescription medications, and some are playing dangerous games with their health as a result. More than 80% of Americans who don’t have prescription drug coverage are not filling their prescriptions, skipping medical tests, passing on doctor’s appointments because of cost, or cutting corners elsewhere, a new Consumer Reports [...]
How to Harness Your Willpower to Meet Weight Loss Goals
July 9, 2012 | Posted by
If you’ve ever eaten ice cream while standing at the freezer—or hit the snooze alarm instead of getting up to work out—you might have thought, I have no willpower! You have it—we all do. But, sometimes it can seem difficult to find, or it appears to have abandoned us completely. There’s hope, though. You can [...]
Vitamin D Plus Calcium May help you live longer
June 17, 2012 | Posted by
Older people who take vitamin D with calcium may have lower death rates than those who don’t. That finding comes from a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. It comes just days after an expert government panel reported that there is insufficient evidence to recommend calcium and vitamin D supplementation [...]
Study: Retired NFL Players Live Longer Than General Population
May 9, 2012 | Posted by
On the heels of so much controversy about NFL player safety and the lasting ramifications of playing a vicious sport, the league released a study that indicates former players live longer than men in the general population. The study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) found 334 deceased men in a [...]
Alice Randall: Why Four Out Of Five Black Women Are Overweight
May 7, 2012 | Posted by
FOUR out of five black women are seriously overweight. One out of four middle-aged black women has diabetes. With $174 billion a year spent on diabetes-related illness in America and obesity quickly overtaking smoking as a cause of cancer deaths, it is past time to try something new. What we need is a body-culture revolution [...]
My Kid Ran Her First 5K—And Inspired Her Mother To Get Moving
May 3, 2012 | Posted by
I’m going to go ahead and keep it 100: I got about as much athletic skill as Pookie in that rehab scene in New Jack City. You can stick me on a bike, drop me off on a track, glue a ball to my hand, and I wouldn’t know thing one what to do with [...]
